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Parental expectations for young people’s participation in higher education in Australia

Added 12 September 2017 by ncsehe

Michael Dockery, Richard Seymour, and Paul Koshy Published in Studies in Higher Education August 2017 Abstract This paper examines factors affecting parental expectations of ...

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Non-disclosing students with disabilities or learning challenges: characteristics and size of a hidden population

Added 5 September 2017 by ncsehe

Susan Grimes, Jill Scevak, Erica Southgate, and Rachel Buchanan Published in The Australian Educational Researcher, the Australian Association for Research in Education. August 2017 Abstract ...

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The role of higher education in facilitating social mobility

Added 29 August 2017 by ncsehe

Ian Cunninghame Published in International Studies in Widening Participation 4 (1) by the English Language and Foundation Studies Centre and the Centre of Excellence for Equity in Higher ...

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Indigenous VET to Higher Education pathways and transitions: A literature review

Added 14 August 2017 by ncsehe

Jack Frawley, James A. Smith, Andrew Gunstone, Ekaterina Pechenkina, Wendy Ludwig, and Allison Stewart Published in International Studies in Widening Participation 4 (1) by the English Language ...

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Career guidance, school experiences and the university participation of young people from low socio-economic backgrounds

Added 9 August 2017 by ncsehe

Wojtek Tomaszewski Francisco Perales and Ning Xiang Abstract University participation is a strong predictor of labour market success, personal health and wellbeing, and positive social outcomes. ...

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A Longitudinal Study of the Relations Among University Students’ Subjective Social Status, Social Contact with University Friends, and Mental Health and Well-Being

Added 22 November 2016 by ncsehe

Written by Mark Rubin, Olivia Evans and Ross B. Wilkinson ABSTRACT Prior research has found that the higher one’s perceived status in society, the better one’s mental health ...

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Construct Validity of Scores From the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale in a Sample of Postsecondary Students With Disabilities

Added 13 May 2016 by ncsehe

Written by Harsha N. Perera (UNSW Australia) and Rahul Ganguly (University of Southern Queensland) ABSTRACT Although theory posits a multidimensional structure of resilience, studies have ...

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School factors helping disadvantaged students to succeed: empirical evidence from four Italian cities

Added 9 February 2016 by ncsehe

Written by Tommaso Agasisti, Mara Soncin & Riccardo Valenti 1. MOTIVATION, BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH QUESTION A key challenge for policy-makers is to ensure that a country’s education system ...

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Avoiding the manufacture of ‘sameness’: first-in-family students, cultural capital and the higher education environment

Added 19 October 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Dr Sarah O’ Shea, University of Wollongong ABSTRACT Drawing upon Bourdieu’s theories of social and cultural capital, a number of studies of the higher education environment have ...

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‘Low income doesn’t mean stupid and destined for failure’: challenging the deficit discourse around students from low SES backgrounds in higher education

Added 22 September 2015 by ncsehe

Written by Jade McKay and Marcia Devlin ABSTRACT The discourse around students from low socio-economic backgrounds often adopts a deficit conception in which these students are seen as a ...

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